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Bedtime Rhymes
Favourite rhymes for bedtime from such as Robert Louis Stevenson, James Reeves, Clive Sansom Alfred Noyes and others.
52 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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Audrey Daly
49 books3 followersAudrey Daly is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Audrey Daly include Hansel and Gretel (Enchanted Tales S.), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Favourite Tales), Jack and the Beanstalk (Favourite Tales), and Favorite Tales Hensel & Gretel.
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April 24, 2020
How can 'Bedtime Rhymes' not be good with a combination of Ladybird Books and poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, and others? The rhymes in the book are delightful when read aloud, even to oneself, and should make ideal bedtime reading for youngsters.
'Have you ever?' by Peter Young opens the selection with a series of questions as to what a young child has done, some things 'a pillow fight in bed' quite realistic, others, 'swum down to the bottom of the sea' not quite so but still good fun. And RLS makes an early appearance with 'The Moon' when 'the squalling cat, the howling dog and the bat that lies in bed at noon' all 'Like to be out by the light of the moon'.
Clive Sansom has a number of poems included in the selection beginning with the 'Engine Driver', whose train goes 'jicketty-can, jicketty-can' as it goes along while James Reeves' 'Under Ground' tells of 'How many marvellous things can be found'.
In 'Daddy Fell Into The Pond', 'Timothy finds it funny and 'danced with delight' before asking "Give me my camera, quick, oh, quick!" so that he can capture his Daddy 'crawling out of the duckweed'! Nasty - it reminds me of a winter day walk in the Trough of Bowland with my young daughter, who I told to be careful as we crossed streams on stepping stones. She was careful but, much to her amusement I unfortunately stepped into the stream and ended up with my socks drying out on the radio aerial! Fortunately Deborah did not have a camera with her but she took great delight in telling her Mum when we got home!
There are plenty of other amusing rhymes but my favourite, and I know I am biased, is RLS's 'The Land of Counterpane', which I can read and listen to over and over again. 'When I was sick and lay a-bed,/I had two pillows at my head,'/And all my toys beside me lay/To keep me happy all the day' and so on, all happening in 'The pleasant land of counterpane.'
Lovely illustrations by James Hodgson complement the rhymes admirably.
'Have you ever?' by Peter Young opens the selection with a series of questions as to what a young child has done, some things 'a pillow fight in bed' quite realistic, others, 'swum down to the bottom of the sea' not quite so but still good fun. And RLS makes an early appearance with 'The Moon' when 'the squalling cat, the howling dog and the bat that lies in bed at noon' all 'Like to be out by the light of the moon'.
Clive Sansom has a number of poems included in the selection beginning with the 'Engine Driver', whose train goes 'jicketty-can, jicketty-can' as it goes along while James Reeves' 'Under Ground' tells of 'How many marvellous things can be found'.
In 'Daddy Fell Into The Pond', 'Timothy finds it funny and 'danced with delight' before asking "Give me my camera, quick, oh, quick!" so that he can capture his Daddy 'crawling out of the duckweed'! Nasty - it reminds me of a winter day walk in the Trough of Bowland with my young daughter, who I told to be careful as we crossed streams on stepping stones. She was careful but, much to her amusement I unfortunately stepped into the stream and ended up with my socks drying out on the radio aerial! Fortunately Deborah did not have a camera with her but she took great delight in telling her Mum when we got home!
There are plenty of other amusing rhymes but my favourite, and I know I am biased, is RLS's 'The Land of Counterpane', which I can read and listen to over and over again. 'When I was sick and lay a-bed,/I had two pillows at my head,'/And all my toys beside me lay/To keep me happy all the day' and so on, all happening in 'The pleasant land of counterpane.'
Lovely illustrations by James Hodgson complement the rhymes admirably.
June 4, 2022
The selection of poets ranges from Robert Louis Stevenson and Eleanor Farjeon and more modern poets. The favourite poem is The Engine Driver, loved for its rhythm and onomatopoeic quality. Simple pictures illustrate each poem.
January 22, 2011
This is actually one of the first books my parents bought me, it was so enjoyable I remember just reading it all the time it seems... to bad we gave it away many years ago:( :(
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